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Joy Press / Vanity Fair:
Vin Diesel Accused of Sexual Battery in Lawsuit by Former Assistant  —  The suit, made possible by post-#MeToo legislation, describes an alleged assault in a St. Regis hotel suite in 2010.  —  A former assistant to actor Vin Diesel filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles today alleging …
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Vin Diesel Sued by Former Assistant for Sexual Battery  —  Vin Diesel is being accused of sexual battery by a former assistant.  —  The incident allegedly happened in fall 2010 when Vin was working on the movie Fast Five.  —  Asta Jonasson says that she was hired by Vin's production company …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery in talks to merge with Paramount Global  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City to discuss a possible merger, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
Clayton Davis / Variety:
Rachel McAdams on Not Playing a ‘Sexy Mom’ in ‘Are You There God?’ and Why She Turned Down ‘Mean Girls’ Reunion Commercial  —  Get in, loser.  We're riding with Rachel McAdams because she's still Queen Bee.  —  Since she's become a mother, life has changed.  During the filming of Lionsgate's “Are You There God?
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Olivia Evans / E! Online:
Jonathan Bennett Reveals Why He Missed the Mean Girls Reunion  —  Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett recently spoke to E! News about having to miss his cast's recent commercial reunion.  Plus, he and husband Jaymes Vaughan detailed their Kay Jewelers collab.  —  Don't worry, Jonathan Bennett still thinks Mean Girls is totally fetch.
Marc Malkin / Variety:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Have ‘PTSD’ From Their First Romance, but Her ‘This Is Me...Now’ Movie Will Still Spotlight Their Relationship  —  Jennifer Lopez admits not everyone in her camp initially supported the idea to document her romance with husband Ben Affleck in her upcoming “This Is Me...Now” album and companion film.
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Leanne Aciz Stanton / Us Weekly:
Bam Margera 'Didn't Want to Wake Up' Amid Personal Struggles, Prayed the Day Before He Met Fiancee (Exclusive)  —  Bam Margera is sharing more insight into how his relationship with fiancée Dannii Marie came at the right time.  —  As Us Weekly exclusively revealed, the Viva La Bam alum …
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Mara Siegler / Page Six:
Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 years: ‘He wants to have a family’  —  Mariah Carey and her longtime boyfriend, Bryan Tanaka, have called it quits because he wanted kids, a source tells Page Six exclusively.  —  We are told that the age gap of 14 years played a role with Tanaka, 40, wanting different things than Carey, 54.
Brianne Tracy / People:
All the Bombshells in Willie Nelson's New Docuseries, from Affairs and the Death of His Son to His IRS Struggles  —  In the new Paramount+ docuseries ‘Willie Nelson & Family,’ the icon reflects on his ups and downs over the past 90 years  —  Wille Nelson knows firsthand that it's funny, how time slips away.
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Dana Rose Falcone / People:
Masked Singer Season 10 Winner NE-YO Shares Why He Decided to Perform as a ‘Busty’ Female Cow (Exclusive)  —  The R&B singer also tells PEOPLE where he'll be storing the Golden Mask trophy  —  He may be so sick of love songs, but NE-YO doesn't mind the ones that helped him win The Masked Singer season 10 as Cow.
TMZ.com:
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star John Schneider Makes Death Threat Against President Biden  —  ‘DUKES OF HAZZARD’ JOHN SCHNEIDER MAKES DEATH THREAT AGAINST BIDEN ... ‘Should Be Publicly Hung’  —  “The Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider will likely have a visit from the Secret Service in the near future …
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears' Mom Still Hopeful She'll Come Home to Louisiana for Christmas  —  Britney Spears hasn't yet scheduled a flight heading east for the holidays, but her mom still believes a last-minute Christmas miracle might happen in the 11th hour ... TMZ has learned.
Terry Zeller / Daily Mail:
Whitney Port admits she kept her $35K credit card debt a ‘secret’ before marrying her husband: ‘He was shocked’  —  Whitney Port admitted she had a ‘secret’ she wanted to tell her now-husband at the time of their engagement.  —  The 38-year-old former reality star — who recently claimed …
Emily Longeretta / Variety:
‘Shining Vale’ Canceled at Starz, Two Seasons to Be Removed From Streaming Service  —  The second season of “Shining Vale” will serve as the final season on Starz — though co-creator Jeff Astrof has begun writing a third season and is holding onto hope that the series will find another home.
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Just Jared:   ‘Shining Vale’ Canceled at Starz, Reason Why Revealed (& It Won't Be Available to Watch Much Longer!)
 
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